This RPM is used to provide binary driver modules that have been pre-built for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86) to enable the HP Smart Array B120i/B320i SATA RAID controller.

To ensure the integrity of your download, HP recommends verifying your results with
the following MD5 Checksum values:

c1235677ee256057e3fca3cc0310aaf3

hpvsa-kmp-pae-1.2.8-160.sles11sp1.i586.rpm

697ad2d5d224604c3497e5a47d03e176

hpvsa-kmp-default-1.2.8-160.sles11sp1.i586.rpm

77daa010b4b0c84e610625fb73e4da36

hpvsa-kmp-pae-1.2.8-160.sles11sp3.i586.rpm

42b01ab79e8a7b273eb442a96bf30dc4

hpvsa-kmp-default-1.2.8-160.sles11sp3.i586.rpm

d70eb2427f24e9eef3a9f0734af4b00b

hpvsa-kmp-xen-1.2.8-160.sles11sp1.i586.rpm

107e1c2f20613c02a61f3f9f0d39c98c

hpvsa-kmp-default-1.2.8-160.sles11sp2.i586.rpm

778552c3671e4806c6e05966fb2b315d

hpvsa-kmp-pae-1.2.8-160.sles11sp2.i586.rpm

Reboot Requirement:Reboot is required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

Installation:

Login as the system administrator (root), download the RPM to a directory on
your hard drive and change to that directory.

To install or upgrade the driver type:

# rpm -Uvh hpvsa-kmp-{kernel-flavor}-<version>.<OSupdate>.i686.rpm

Setup is now complete. Please REBOOT your computer NOW!!

NOTE: If the installation fails or if you see any warning or error messages, STOP, do NOT reboot the computer. The driver will not be operational and you must uninstall the driver by typing the following command:

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

The following issues were resolved:

Intermittent blue screen 0x133 (DPS_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION) error would display and the system would stop responding. This error was caused by a race condition that was exposed under particular IO patterns for controllers with write cache enabled.

CPU pinning enabled- PARSE and FLUSH tasks are pinned to the same CPU to prevent a potential race condition in the driver which might result in an OS panic with system restart.

Description

This RPM is used to provide binary driver modules that have been pre-built for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86) to enable the HP Smart Array B120i/B320i SATA RAID controller.

Installation Instructions

To ensure the integrity of your download, HP recommends verifying your results with
the following MD5 Checksum values:

c1235677ee256057e3fca3cc0310aaf3

hpvsa-kmp-pae-1.2.8-160.sles11sp1.i586.rpm

697ad2d5d224604c3497e5a47d03e176

hpvsa-kmp-default-1.2.8-160.sles11sp1.i586.rpm

77daa010b4b0c84e610625fb73e4da36

hpvsa-kmp-pae-1.2.8-160.sles11sp3.i586.rpm

42b01ab79e8a7b273eb442a96bf30dc4

hpvsa-kmp-default-1.2.8-160.sles11sp3.i586.rpm

d70eb2427f24e9eef3a9f0734af4b00b

hpvsa-kmp-xen-1.2.8-160.sles11sp1.i586.rpm

107e1c2f20613c02a61f3f9f0d39c98c

hpvsa-kmp-default-1.2.8-160.sles11sp2.i586.rpm

778552c3671e4806c6e05966fb2b315d

hpvsa-kmp-pae-1.2.8-160.sles11sp2.i586.rpm

Reboot Requirement:Reboot is required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

Installation:

Login as the system administrator (root), download the RPM to a directory on
your hard drive and change to that directory.

To install or upgrade the driver type:

# rpm -Uvh hpvsa-kmp-{kernel-flavor}-<version>.<OSupdate>.i686.rpm

Setup is now complete. Please REBOOT your computer NOW!!

NOTE: If the installation fails or if you see any warning or error messages, STOP, do NOT reboot the computer. The driver will not be operational and you must uninstall the driver by typing the following command:

Revision History

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Improved Performance Levels.

Version:1.2.14-110 (25 Nov 2015)

Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

The following issues were resolved:

Intermittent blue screen 0x133 (DPS_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION) error would display and the system would stop responding. This error was caused by a race condition that was exposed under particular IO patterns for controllers with write cache enabled.

CPU pinning enabled- PARSE and FLUSH tasks are pinned to the same CPU to prevent a potential race condition in the driver which might result in an OS panic with system restart.

Version:1.2.14 (B) (26 Aug 2015)

Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Added support for SLES11SP4.

Version:1.2.14-100 (15 Jun 2015)

Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Fixes the below issue:

When issuing the "shutdown -h now" command at the Linux prompt, the server begins shutting down, but instead of halting and powering off, the server resets itself and boots back up.

Version:1.2.12 (30 Mar 2015)

Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.

Version:1.2.10 (9 Sep 2014)

Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.